As at independence, we still had the Arbitration Act which was applicable to Lagos as the federal capital territory. The Regions (now states) had their own Arbitration Laws[1]. There was therefore no Federal enactment on Arbitration since the subject-matter was neither in the Exclusive nor Concurrent Legislative Lists. [1] See the Arbitration Law of Northern Nigerian 1963, Arbitration Law of Western Nigeria 1959 and Arbitration Law of Eastern Nigeria 1963.

Practical Guides in Drafting and Negotiating Software Licensing and Software Development Agreements

"Once a mark is registered as a trademark, third parties are precluded from marketing their products under similar trademarks in a manner likely to deceive or cause confusion in the minds of members of the public. Lastly, software enjoy protection under the Copyright Act".

"Article 1(2) of the ICSID Convention, Regulations and Rules of April 10, 2006 provides for the purpose of ICSID, which is to provide facilities for conciliation and arbitration of investment disputes between Contracting States and nationals of other Contracting States in accordance with the provisions of the Convention".